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Dry Sandford Pit Multi-cache Multi-Cache

Hidden : 2/2/2014
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

This multi-cache is located in Dry Sandford Pit (a BBOWT nature reserve). It will take you on a short walk around the reserve with a couple of questions to answer. You do not need to stray from the beaten track to find this cache. Please keep dogs on leads.


Park at the given coordinates and there is a sign nearby with a question to answer.

Question 1 - What type of animals live in the sandy cliff faces?

Answer:

1: Lizards and snakes

2: Bees and wasps

3: Frogs and toads

Substitute your answer into A in the formula below.

Continue to the next waypoint - stage 2.

Question 2 - How many years ago was sand and lime quarried here?

Subsitute the first digit of your answer into B and the second digit into C in the formula below.

The cache is located at: N 51 41.4B(C+7) W 001 19.5(4+A)3

The cache is small and camouflaged.

Placed with kind permission from Berks, Bucks and Oxon Wildlife Trust (BBOWT).

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

1sg hc ynetvfu gerr - Vil unf orra phg n pbhcyr bs srrg nobir vg, whfg bss gur znva cngu bireybbxvat gur fgernz

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)